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AMERICAN 
MINING  CONGRESS 


WORKS  AND  PLANS 


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DIVIDENDS 
INDUSTRIAL  PEACE 

AND 

INCREASED  PRODUCTION 


YESTERDAY  and  TOMORROW 


WORK  AND  PLANS  OF  THE 

AMERICAN  MINING  CONGRESS 


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ORGANIZATION. 

THE  AMERICAN  MINING  CON- 
GRESS has  MADE  GOOD,  and  needs 
no  Introduction. 

Its  work  has  been  continuous  for 
twenty- two  years.  It  has  accomplished 
much  in  these  years. 

Every  Mine  Owner  and  every  Indus- 
try dependent  upon  Mining — is  today, 
a  DEBTOR  to  THE  AMERICAN 
MINING  CONGRESS.  Therefore— 
We  place  this  Statement  in  your 
hands  for  consideration  as  a  Plain 
Business  Matter— directly  connected 
with  your  Dividends  —  PAST  and 
FUTURE. 


WHAT  IS  THE 

AMERICAN  MINING  CONGRESS? 

It  is — in  fact— the  National  Chamber 
of  Mines  and  Mining. 

It  is  incorporated  under  the  (**not  for 
profit'*)  laws  of  Colorado. 

Its  ofiices  occupy  4,000  feet  of  floor 
space  in  the  Munsey  Building  (eighth 
floor),  Washington,  D.  C,  where  it  has 
grown  from  a  one-man-in-a-one-room 
organization,  ten  years  ago,  to  a  body 
of  trained,  equipped  workers.  It  has  a 
Bureau  of  Economics 
Bureau  of  Statistics 
Bureau  of  Precious  and  Rare 

Metals 
Bureau  of  Mining  Publicity 
War  Minerals  Division 

(Including  lead  and  zinc) 

Legal  Division 
Inter-State  Commerce  and 
Transportation  Division 


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OFFICIAL 
PUBLICATION. 

Its  monthly  magazine,  THE  MINING 
CONGRESS  JOURNAL,  is  one  of  the 
most  widely  noted  publications  in 
America.  It  is  NOT  a  mining  publi- 
cation in  the  ordinary  sense  of  the 
term;  confines  itself  to  the  information 
originating  in  the  National  Capital — 
and  to  editorial  discussion.  It  is  sent 
only  to  Members. 


WHAT  CONSTITUTES 
ITS  MEMBERSHIP. 

Membership  in  The  American  Mining 
Congress  is  both  individual  and  col- 
lective. 

Producers  of  metals,  minerals,  petro- 
leum or  coal.  Mining  Engineers,  Min- 
ing Attorneys  and  Mine  Managers  may 
hold  membership.  Corporations  en- 
gaged in  actual  mining  may  hold  mem- 
bership. Associations  of  producers 
may  hold  both  active  and  subscribing 
membership. 

A  LARGE  PERCENT  OF  METALS 
AND  MINERALS  AND  A  REASON- 
ABLE PROPORTION  OF  COAL  AND 
PETROLEUM  IS  NOW  REPRE- 
SENTED  BY  A  WIDELY  REPRE- 
SENTATIVE  MEMBERSHIP. 


PSYCHOLOGY  OF 
ORGANIZATION. 

The  mines  of  the  United  States  pro- 
duce fifty-eight  percent  of  the  total 
original  tonnage  hauled  by  our  rail- 
ways. Allied  industries — (Manufac- 
ture of  raw  materials  from  ores,  coal 
and  oil)  bring  this  percentage  to  a 
point  where  mining  easily  becomes  the 
leading  collective  industry. 


LEGISLATIVE 
ACTIVITY. 

Every  branch  of  the  Mining  Industry 
is  vitally  interested  in  all  General 
Activities  of  Congress,  and  Especially 
so  in  all  RAILROAD,  LABOR  and 
TAX  LEGISLATION. 

The  separate  branches  of  the  Industry 
acting  alone,  find  their  efforts  dis- 
counted on  account  of  their  being  the 
purely  selfish  presentation  of  a  single 
industry.  Such  efforts  carry  little 
power  as  they  can  claim  support  of 
only  from  one  to  a  dozen  states;  but 
when  all  branches  of  the  Mining  Indus- 
try speak  through  The  American  Min- 
ing Congress  as  its  common  agency,  it 
carries  with  it  the  driving  force  of  a 
vital  interest  in  the  Nation. 


VOICE  OF  THE 
INDUSTRY. 

THE  BASIC  INDUSTRY  OF  FORTY- 
TWO  STATES,  SPEAKING 
THROUGH  THE  AMERICAN  MIN- 
ING CONGRESS,  CONSTITUTES  A 
FORCE  NOT  TO  BE  DENIED  A 
HEARING. 

Psychologically,  as  well  as  politically, 
then,  The  American  Mining  Congress 
is  in  a  strong  position.  IT  GETS 
RESULTS. 

POLITICAL  POWER 
RECOGNIZED. 

This  organization  has  stood  solidly 
for  RIGHT  and  JUSTICE  in  public 
matters.  It  stands  for  Protective  and 
Constructive  laws,  and  against 
Obstructive  and  Destructive  laws.  It 
does  not  *4obby''  for  or  against  legis- 
lation. Its  work  is  accomplished  by 
education. 

It  is  unquestionably  true  that  Con- 
gress sometimes  passes  injurious  and 
unfair  laws  and  fails  to  pass  good 
laws,  merely  because  it  lacks  final, 
authoritative  and  convincive  informa- 
tion upon  the  proposed  law. 


CONGRESS  OFTEN 
MISINFORMED. 

Congress  has  often  been  misinformed 
or  but  partially  informed.  It  has  no 
wrongful  motives  in  passing  legisla- 
tion injurious  to  Business.  THE 
AMERICAN  MINING  CONGRESS 
IS  NOW  PREPARED  TO  PLACE 
THE  TRUTH,  IN  INDISPUTABLE 
FORM,  BEFORE  CONGRESS  OR 
THE  GOVERNMENT  OFFICIALS, 
and  to  give  endorsement,  through 
Publicity,  to  the  men  who  stand  for 
Right  and  Justice— TO  PLACE  ALL 
BRANCHES  OF  MINING  BACK  OF 
THEM— IN  THE  CAPITAL  AND 
AMONG  THEIR  CONSTITUENTS. 


SECURING  GOOD 
ADMINISTRATION  OF  LAWS. 

Good  laws,  properly  administered,  are 
profitable  to  Industry.  Bad  laws  are 
costly.  Good  laws,  badly  adminis- 
tered, are  costly  and  dangerous. 


CHECKING  ENEMIES 
OF  BUSINESS. 

The  business  of  this  organization  does 
not  end  with  the  passage  or  failure  of 
a  Bill.  To  secure  good  administrative 
policy  of  laws  passed  and  prevent  re- 
currence of  dangerous  Bills,  once  de- 
feated, demands  constant  vigilance. 

We  can  place  before  you  evidence  of 
legislative  activities  worth  hundreds 
of  millions  to  the  Mining  Industry — 
and  tell  you  of  many  vicious  Bills 
check-mated — and  held  in  check 
through  fear  of  Publicity. 


A  BUSINESS 
PROPOSITION. 

By  co-operative  effort  The  American 
Mining  Congress  has  been  doing  its 
work  quietly  for  years.  Any  one 
of  many  laws  proposed  and  urged 
through  Congress  by  its  efforts  may 
have  been  of  untold  value  to  you  up 
to  date.  (The  adoption  of  the  prin- 
ciple of  depletion  in  the  Revenue  law 
alone  is  worth  hundreds  of  millions  of 
dollars  annually — and  is  but  one  item 
of  our  work.)  Any  one  of  many  vi- 
cious laws  defeated  might  have 
created  a  different  history  for  YOUR 
Business. 


CENTRAL  AGENCY 
NECESSARY. 

While  many  divisions  of  the  metal, 
coal  and  oil  industries  have  splendidly 
organized  associations  or  institutes 
looking  after  the  welfare  of  its  par- 
ticular constituents  in  a  technical  and 
commercial  sense,  there  are  many 
things    in    common    between    them. 

THERE  MUST  BE  A  GENERAL 
AGENCY  THROUGH  WHICH  THE 
INDUSTRY  CAN  ACT  COLLEC- 
TIVELY. 

THE  AMERICAN  MINING  CON- 
GRESS  IS  THAT  AGENCY. 

There  has  never  been  such  need  as  is 
presented  Today.  Influences  are  at 
work  everywhere  tearing  down  indus- 
trial structure,  reducing  production 
and  creating  unbearable  labor  condi- 
tions. 


HOW  IT  DOES 
ITS  WORK. 


No  activity  affecting  a  division  of  the 
Industry  is  taken  up  without  first  plac- 
ing the  matter  before  the  interests 
concerned.      The   Washington   oflftce 
acts  first  as  an  informant,  and  then  as 
an  agent  to  carry  out  the  legitimate 
requirements  of  the  Industry.    It  se- 
cures,   wherever    possible,    collective 
action  from  groups  of  producers,  and 
States.     It  places  required  and  con- 
vincing    unbiased     evidence     before 
Congress.   It  fills  the  gap  between  offi- 
cial   and    private    information    and 
meets  and  checkmates  incorrect  state- 
ments given  from  biased  sources. 


RESPECTED  BY 
UNITED  STATES 
CONGRESS. 

Members  of  both  branches  of  the 
National  Congress  hold  in  high 
regard  the  work  of  this  organization. 
Honestly  and  wisely  conducted  edu- 
cational work  is  acceptable  to  a  busy 
Senator  or  Congressman — and  is  ap- 
preciated when  considerately  accom- 
plished by  a  fair,  unbiased  agency. 
This  is  the  work  of  The  American 
Mining  Congress. 


FORM  OF 
ORGANIZATION. 

The  American  Mining  Congress  is  a 
National  Association  with  members  in 
all  states.  1^.  has  State  Divisions, 
known  as  Chapters,  It  has  affiliated 
Associations.  The  National  body  is 
controlled  by  a  Board  of  thirteen 
Directors,  elected  for  one,  two  and 
three  years.  Its  executive  work  is 
directed  by  a  permanent  Secretary, 
who  is  also  director  of  the  Staff  of 
Divisional  Chiefs  and  Specialists. 
State  bodies  although  constitutionally 
a  part  of  the  National  work — are  self- 
governed  bodies,  acting  independently 
upon  local  matters.  State  and  National 
bodies  act  in  unison  when  required. 


FINANCIAL 
SAFEGUARDS. 


Expenditures  are  authorized  under  a 
**budget  system*'  except  where  special 
funds  are  raised  and  expended  for 
special  work  or  publications  under 
special  committees  or  authority  prop- 
erly granted.  A  financial  statement  is 
made  to  the  Board  of  Directors  each 
month,  and  an  annual  audit  is  pub- 
lished. 


THE  BOARD 
OF  DIRECTORS. 


BULKELEY  WELLS,  Denver,  Colorado,  is  one 
of  tlie  best  known  mining  operators  in  the  West, 
being  a  large  owner  and  actively  in  management 
of  properties  tn  Alaska,  California,  Colorado, 
Nevada,  and  other  states.  Banker  and  leader  in 
many  constructive  enterprises. 

WALTER  DOUGLAS,  99  John  Street,  New 
York,  and  Bisbee,  Arizona,  President  of  the 
Phelps-Dodge  Corporation,  the  largest  copper 
producing  Company  in  Arizona. 

CABL  SCHOLZ,  nationaUy  known  as  a  mining 
engineer  and  coal  operator.  Manager  of  The 
Raleigh-Wyoming  Coal  Company  at  Charleston, 
W.  Va. 

HARRY  L.  DAY,  WaUace,  Idaho.  President  of 
the  Hercules  Mining  Co.,  one  of  the  largest  lead 
producers  in  the  United  States. 

E.  P.  MATHEWSON,  42  Broadway,  New  York, 
formerly  metallurgist  for  the  Anaconda  Copper 
Mining  Company,  now  Consulting  Metallurgist. 

E.  L.  DOHENY,  Los  Angeles,  California,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Mexican  Petroleum  Company,  one  of 
the  largest  oil  producers  in  the  United  States. 

JOHN  C.  HOWARD,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
President  of  the  Utah  Oil  Refining  Co.  Large 
producer  of  petroleum,  gas  and  bi-products  in 
Wyoming,  California  and  Cuba. 

SAMUEL  A.  TAYLOR,  Second  National  Bank 
Bldg.,  Pittsburgh,  a  coal  mining  engineer  of  in- 
ternational prominence. 

L.  A.  FRIEDMAN,  Lovelock,  Nevada,  largely 
interested  in  precious  metal  mining  in  Nevada. 

CHARLES  S.  KEITH,  Keith  and  Perry  Building, 
Kansas  City,  Missouri,  President  of  the  Central 
Coal  and  Coke  Co.  and  interested  largely  in  the 
production  of  lumber. 

THOMAS  T.  BREWSTER,  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
President  of  Mt.  Olive  and  Stanton  Coal  Co., 
operating  properties  in  Southern  Illinois. 

DANIEL  B.  WENTZ,  Philadelphia,  President  of 
the  Wentz  Corporation,  anthracite  and  bitu- 
minous coal  producers. 

R.  C.  ALLEN,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  formerly  State 
Geologist  of  Michigan,  now  Vice  President  of 
the  Lake  Superior  Iron  Ore  Association. 


OFFICERS  FOR  1920. 


President 

First  Vice  President 

Second  Vice  President 

Third  Vice  President 

Secretary 

Assistant  Secretary 

Counsel 

Economist 

War  Minerals 

Transportation 


BULKELEY  WEIXS 

HARRY  L.  DAY 

D.  B.  WENTZ 

E.  L.  DOHENY 

J.  F.  CAT.T.BREATH 

JOHN  T.  BURNS 

GEORGE  H.  BAILEY 

HAROLD  N.  LAWRIE 

HERBERT  WILSON  SMITH 

CHARLES  H.  FARRELL 


NATIONAL  HEADQUAETEBS 
SUITE  840-855  MUNSEY  BUILDING 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


*The  RIGHT  TO  STRIKE  is  a  quali- 
fied right,  which  ceases  and  becomes  a 
conspiracy  against  the  Government 
when  it  interferes  with  the  production 
and  distribution  of  the  necessaries  of 
life/' 

— The  American  Mining  Congress. 


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